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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1902

4,012 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 201

Sydney Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 7

At last night's meeting of the Sydney Labor Council, presided over by Mr. T. H. Thrower, a request was received from the delegates from the Sawmill Employees' Association for assistance in…

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Sydney Labour Council. Eight Hours for Sawmill Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 6

The weekly meeting of the Sydney Labour Council was held last night at the Trades Hall, the president (Mr. T. H. Thrower) being in the chair. Mr. J. Ryan (Sawmill Employees' Union) said…

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Sydney Labour Council Guiding the Unions. Paths of Peace and Arbitration

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 3

At the ordinary weekly, meeting of the Sydney Labour Council last night Mr. T. H. Thrower (president) was in the chair. After the routine business had been attended to…

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A Municipal Presentation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 3

At the Annandale Council on Tuesday night the employees of the local council met for the purpose of presenting the Mayor of the borough (Alderman Allen Taylor) with a gold-mounted cherrywood…

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Municipal Elections

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 3

Municipal elections throughout the Statu (Sydney excepted) will take place on February 4 next. There has been for some Until past evidence of opposition to a walk-over in…

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The Municipal Outlook. The New Town Clerk Busy. Getting a Grasp of Affairs

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 5

Sydney's new town clerk, Mr. Nesbitt, today commenced work in good earnest. His preparations for office have stood him in well, and by the grasp he has of the situation of…

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Fire Brigades' Board Contributions. Opposition From Municipalities

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 7

A strong feeling against any additional contribution being imposed upon municipalities by the Fire Brigades' Board has already been expressed by the councils of Alexandria, Waterloo, and Botany…

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Municipal Conference at Annandale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 4

The difficulty between the Annandale and Leichhardt aldermen on the question of the proposed erection by the former council of a garbage destructor within the Leichhardt…

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The New Mayor

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 6

Callers continued to arrive at the Town Hall yesterday, and the Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Thomas Hughes) was busy receiving congratulations at their hands…

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The Mayor of Redfern

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 11

There will be no meeting of the Redfern Council until the 16th inst. in the meantime. Alderman Jackson, the retiring Mayor has been fulflling the duties of office in speaking to a representative of "The Daily Telegraph,"…

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Castlereagh Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 4

A special meeting of the above was held on Tuesday evening last, there being presont: His Worship tho Mayor (Ald J W Devlin), Aldermen E Clemaon, W P Clemson, I Smith, and J Field,…

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Mulgoa Council

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 4

The regular monthly meeting of the above was held on Monday, December 23, when there were present—The Mayor (Ald Wrench), Aldermen Eisenhuth, Wallace, Blaikic, and Mayo…

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Annandale Council

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 4

The ordinary meeting was held on Monday night. Present—Aldermen Taylor (Mayor), Ferris, Wells, Cohen, Woods, Broad, Bidge, Robertson and…

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Kogarah Council

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 2

THE ordinary meeting of the above Council was held on Monday last. Present: The Mayor (Alderman H. McPherson), and Aldermen Sale,…

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Prince Alfred Hospital Additions. the Question of Day Labor. a Request by the Labor Council

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 15

Yesterday a deputation from the Sydney Labor Council waited upon Professor Anderson Stuart with regard to thequestion of employing day labor only in malting the additions to Prince…

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The March of Municipalism. Royal Commissions

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 33

Mr. R. D. Meagner, M.P., has begun a campaign in the House in the Now South Wales to hare adequate powers granted to the Municipal bodies, and especially to the City…

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Municipalisation

People · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 2

NEXT to the issue of "taxation." perhaps even abrest of it, that of "municipalisation" is the most natural lure for capitalism to hold…

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Drummoyne Municipal Matters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 11

A public meeting called for the purpose of discussing the municipal situation of Drummoyne, and the proposals for the amalgamstion of the borough with Five Dock, was held in the Carrington Hall,…

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Municipal Elections. North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 13

The retiring aldermen for the Borough of North Sydney are as follw:—Kirribilli Ward: Alderman E. M. Clark, M.L.A. Victoria Ward: Alderman T. P. Lister. Tanks Ward: Alderman J. R. Hardie…

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Approaching Municipal Elections

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1902 · page 2

THE following are the retiring aldermen in the municipalities of St. George Bexley.—Aldermen Austin, Howard, and Godwin…

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